Benjamin Percy is an author, screenwriter, and Marvel Comics writer for Wolverine and X-Force. Ben joins us to share his path to becoming a writer. We discuss how Ben’s upbringing and work ethic led him to his dream job of spending the day with his imaginary friends. If you are curious about what it takes to be become a writer including the tradeoffs and work required to make it happen, you will love this conversation. Ben is currently working with Paramount Plus, where they are adapting Urban Cowboy into a series, Ben co-wrote the feature film, Summering, with director James Ponsoldt, has taught extensively, including at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, the Breadloaf Writers’ Conference, the Tin House Writers’ Workshop, Aspen Summer Words, and the Paris Writing Workshop. Ben’s class is on Skillshare at this link: http://skl.sh/benpercy
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